South Ohio News

There were 220 non-Hispanic Black students enrolled in Ross County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.8% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Ross County welcomed 9,786 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic Black students comprised 2.2% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 23 schools in Ross County, Chillicothe Intermediate School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 63 students.

In 2022, Ohio saw an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 1:15, which is an improvement for the state and is lower than the national average of 1:16.

Despite the apparent improvement, this positive trend is overshadowed by a general decline in public school enrollments, which was accelerated by the pandemic. This decline, aligned with the steady number of teachers in the state over the last 10 years, has led to low student-to-teacher ratios.

School name	% of non-Hispanic Black students enrolment	Total enrollment
Chillicothe Intermediate School	8.2	768
Chillicothe High School	6	799
Chillicothe Primary School	7.8	562
Chillicothe Middle School	7.1	394
Unioto Elementary School	1.4	1,019
Unioto Middle School	2.7	489
Unioto High School	1.9	517
Adena Elementary School	0	495
Adena Middle School	0	375
Southeastern Elementary School	0	364
Zane Trace Middle School	0	393
Zane Trace Elementary School	0	470
Huntington Middle School	0	352
Huntington Elementary School	0	403
Zane Trace High School	0	350
Paint Valley Elementary School	0	390
Southeastern Middle School	0	299
Adena High School	0	270
Southeastern High School	0	246
Paint Valley High School	0	240
Huntington High School	0	236
Buckskin Elementary School	0	198
Paint Valley Middle School	0	157